Sentences with phrase «leadership challenge of climate change»

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Note: In April 2017 the leadership of the «Grand Challenge on Understanding and Predicting Weather and Climate Extremes» changed its name to the «Grand Challenge on Weather and Climate Extremes».

Solving the challenge of climate change requires ambition, dedication, and leadership from governments, the private sector, and civil society, in addition to the scientific community.

The Catholic Church, working with the leadership of other religions, can now take a decisive role by mobilizing public opinion and public funds to meet the energy needs of the poorest 3 billion people, thus allowing them to prepare for the challenges of unavoidable climate and eco-system changes.

Conscious of our leadership role in meeting such challenges, we, the leaders of the world's major economies, both developed and developing, commit to combat climate change in accordance with our common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities and confront the interlinked challenges of sustainable development, including energy and food security, and human health.

We will need leadership from the resolute as the increasingly clear evidence of climate change challenges public and private institutions to respond.

While the anti-globalization era of protest was intentionally amorphous and without clear leadership or direction — a direct response to the hierarchical, oppressive global systems that the movement was attempting to challenge — climate change has finally given these groups something around which to coalesce.

After presenting the main scientific data, the paper states that the challenge of climate change will require collective action, with global participation, but justice and political feasibility dictate that rich countries should provide leadership and move first.

The report — Europe's Share of the Climate Challenge: Domestic Actions and International Obligations to Protect the Planet — takes a close look at Europe, showing exactly how it can show leadership in keeping global climate change within the necessary planetary Climate Challenge: Domestic Actions and International Obligations to Protect the Planet — takes a close look at Europe, showing exactly how it can show leadership in keeping global climate change within the necessary planetary climate change within the necessary planetary limits.

«It's an indication that the political leadership in the state of Florida is not willing to address these issues and face the music when it comes to the challenges that climate change present,» Byrd said.

It provided opportunities for leadership and participation in issues of climate change, and supported young people to take challenging and creative action in their local environment.